Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, Volume 71 (2000), Austin, Paper.
This annual bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society is a unique contribution specifically focused upon the history of Texas archaeology in a format that no others have done previously. The volume contains 150 pages, the majority of which consists of interviews...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2000-11-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the History of Archaeology |
Online Access: | http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/250 |
Summary: | This annual bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society is
a unique contribution specifically focused upon the history of Texas archaeology in a
format that no others have done previously. The volume contains 150 pages, the majority
of which consists of interviews (146 pages) conducted by the first State Archaeologist
of Texas, Curtis Tunnell. In 1968 Tunnell conceived of the idea of obtaining personal
interviews from individuals whom he considered his heroes for their pioneering efforts
in Texas archeology. This volume entails the first publication of such
information, but more will certainly follow. The remaining four pages comprise two
different reviews of other publications important in their own right to those interested
in Southern Plains archeology of Texas. These two reviews by Timothy K Pertulla and
David T. Hughes, respectively, are of The Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva: The
1540·1542 Route Across the Southwest by Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing flint, and
GaffCreek: Artifact Collection Strategy and Occupation Prehistory on the Southern High
Plains, Texas County. Oklahoma. The section by Tunnell titled "In Their Own Words:
Stories from Some Pioneer Texas Archeologists" contains numerous previously unpublished
photographs of people, sites and artifacts referred to the texts. |
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ISSN: | 1062-4740 2047-6930 |